Google Chromium Intents Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2022-2856)
Severity: medium · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-08-18 · CVE-2022-2856
Google Chromium Intents contains an insufficient validation of untrusted input vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to browse to a malicious website via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera. CISA added CVE-2022-2856 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Aug 18, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Sep 8, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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